| Program Description
Meals on Wheels meets an urgent
community need by delivering over 750 professionally planned,
well-balanced and nutritious meals each day to our homebound
neighbors.
We are a volunteer based,
not-for-profit agency. It takes more than 75 volunteers to get
the meals out each day.
Our service helps preserve dignity and independence by
delaying nursing home placements, as well as reducing the
frequency of hospitalizations.
And helping to
sustain good health.
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Some Useful Links
Meals on Wheels Foundation of Western New York
National Association Meals on Wheels linked to Twitter and Facebook
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Because Everyone Deserves A Nourishing Meal
| Founded |
May 20,
1959. Third program organized in the United States. |
| Purpose |
To
organize, plan and administer the service of delivering
well-balanced and nutritious meals to homebound
participants. |
| Areas
Served |
Syracuse,
Onondaga Nation and Jordan-Elbridge |
| Recipient Eligibility |
Recipients are homebound and unable to cook, shop for,
or plan nutritious meals, but are otherwise able to live
independently. |
| Hours |
Monday
through Friday, 8:00AM- 4:00PM |
| Program |
Not-for-profit, voluntary. |
| Volunteer Positions |
Board of
Directors, Day Chairpersons, Kitchen
Preparers/Packagers, Drivers Servers, Mailing and
Special Events. Approximately 350 weekly volunteers.
It is the agency philosophy that volunteer participation
and diversity is an integral part of the Meals on Wheels
program. The volunteer's day-to-day contact with the
recipient contribution as much to the recipient's
emotional health, as the balanced diet does for his/her
nutritional well-being. |
| Meal
Plans |
One hot
meal and one cold supper meal delivered around noon.
Diet plans available: regular, diabetic, mechanical,
lowfat/low cholesterol, renal. All meals are low in
sodium. |
| Other
Services |
Informational and referral home visits made by social
workers and registered dietitian.
The Meals on Wheels program helps defer
institutionalization, improve physical health through
meeting nutritional needs, improves recipients' moral,
and helps effect earlier hospital releases.
Throughout the years, Meals on Wheels has served as a
model and provided assistance and information to other
programs. |
| Source
Of Income |
Income
received from recipients fees and contributions, SSI
subsidies, food stamps, donations, private grants, as
well as Title III C2 nutrition grant/SNAP grant
(administered by OCOFA and NYS Office for the Aging). |
| Meals on Wheels Staff Info or Volunteer Info |
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